Sunday, September 23, 2012

September 23 - Comment Card

The Battle of Arnemuiden was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle using artillery, as the English ship Christofer had three cannon and one hand gun.

1641

The Merchant Royal, carrying 100,000 pounds of gold (nearly one billion USD in today's money), 400 bars of Mexican silver (another 1 million) and nearly 500,000 pieces of eight and other coins, making it one of the most valuable wrecks of all time, is lost at sea off Land's End.

1806

Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.